Foodservice
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Spring Break and Pent-Up Demand Help to Advance Recovery of Lodging and Recreation Foodservice in April
—New York City and other major metro areas are coming back from pandemic losses Chicago, June 7, 2022 — Spring break 2022 was a stark contrast to two years ago when it was the height of the pandemic. Travel sources reported spring bookings up 134% from 2021, and the World Travel & Tourism Council projects …
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Pent-up Demand for Restaurant Dining in Canada Continues in April
—Canadians made 75 million more foodservice visits in April compared to a year ago Toronto, June 2, 2022 — Canadians made 75 million more foodservice visits this April than last year when most of the country was still in lockdown, reports The NPD Group. Online and physical visits to restaurants and other commercial foodservice outlets increased …
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Prioritizing Value: 5 Tips for Overcoming Pricing Pressures
1. Don’t lower prices if the consumer remains willing to pay more From a sales revenue point of view, consumers continue to spend close to the levels we saw in 2021. However, when it comes to unit sales, the retail market still looks more like it did in 2019, before the pandemic. It’s important to …
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Rising Prices Contribute to U.S. Restaurant Industry 4% Traffic Decline in April
—Lower-income and households with kids pull back the most on restaurant visits Chicago, May 24, 2022 — Food inflation and rising costs have increased the price of a foodservice meal over the past few years, up 9% in April compared to April 2019, contributing to a 4% decline in consumer visits to U.S. restaurants this …
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Restauration commerciale : la livraison au sommet
Avec une croissance de 85 % entre 2019 et 2021, la livraison explose, persiste et signeBurgers, profils de consommateurs, dark kitchens et cantines : ce qui a changé en 2 ans Paris, le 24 mai 2022 — The NPD Group, l’un des leaders mondiaux des études de marché, se penche aujourd’hui sur la livraison de plats …
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On Premise Dining is Back on Track in Australia
According to The NPD Group’s latest CREST® report, foodservice independent outlet spending in Australia increased by 5% in the last quarter of 2021, and all signs point to that growth continuing through the first half of this year. Since the end of the first quarter of 2021, the independent full-service restaurant (FSR) category has experienced …
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Despite A Rough Two Years, U.S. Independent Restaurants Still Represent Over Half of U.S. Commercial Restaurant Units and Are Recovering
Chicago, May 12, 2022 — Despite bearing the brunt of the pandemic dining room lockdowns and restrictions, independent restaurants with one to two locations still represent 53% of total restaurants in the U.S., reports The NPD Group. Independent restaurant locations declined by 8% or 28,399 units in 2020 but grew by 1% or 2,893 units by …
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Canadian Restaurants Enjoyed A Robust Return of Customers in the First Quarter
— Full service restaurants benefitted from the pent-up demand to dine out Toronto, May 5, 2022 — The Canadian foodservice industry continued to show promising recovery in the first quarter of 2022 compared to last year’s same quarter, reports The NPD Group. Physical and online visits to restaurants and commercial foodservice outlets increased by 18% in …
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